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G, WINSHIP.

GOTTON GIN FEEDER.

No. 313,038. Patented Feb. 24, 1885.

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GEORGE WINSI-IIP, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE IN-SHIP MACHINECOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION i'orming part of Letters Patent No. 313,038, datedFebruary 24, 1885.

Application filed November 17, 1884.

T (LZZ whom it ntay concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WINsHIP, of Atlanta, in the county of Fultonand State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Cotton-Gin Feeders, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

Heretofore in feeders for cotton-gins a vertical adjustable slide orpartition has been employed within the hopper between where the cottonis first delivered and where it is picked prior to being ginned. Thisboard has been adjusted up and down so as to leave a greater or lessopening near the bottom of the hopper and permit the seed-cotton to passfrom the hopper under the board to the spiked cylinder, where it iscarried over and delivered into the gin. Experience has shown that thecotton is liable to become lumped and packed so. that the feed isobstructed in the use of this device.

The object of my improvement is to remove such diiificulty, andaccordingly I provide in lieu ofthe usual adjustable slide a slidingvibrating partition or board, to be operated by mechanism connected withthe spiked cylinder in one section of the hopper, which I find workssuccessfully.

In the accompanying drawing I only show a sectional view of myimprovements; but it will be understood that the shafts extend acrossthe hopper, and that there are two racks, arms, and pinions, one oneither side, like those illustrated.

Referring to the letters upon the drawing, A indicates the hopper, and Ba spiked cylinder mounted in one end of it, and adapted to be turned byany suitable mechanism, such as is usual, in the direct-ion indicated bythe arrow.

0 indicates an endless band, composed of slat-s in the usualmanner,which forms the bottom of the hopper, and is caused to travel byany suitable mechanism in the usual way in the direction of the arrow,to aid the feed of the cotton from the part D of the hopper into thepart containing the spiked cylinder.

E indicates, a vibrating partition, pivoted at 1*, near the-middle ofthe vibrating partition,

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for a purpose presently to be indicated. G indicates an arm,pivotedatone end upon the shaft of the spiked cylinder, and forming at the otherend the pivoted bearing of the vibrating partition. This arm is providedwith a segmental rack, H, which engages with a pinion, I, that isadapted to raise the arm and the vibrating partition up or down, as maybe desired, to leave a greater or less opening between the bottom end ofthe partition and the endless band 0.

Any suitable mechanism-such as a hand- Wheel, or the like-may beemployed to rotate the pinion I, and a ratchet and pawl, or any otherordinary device adapted to the purpose, may be employed to hold the.pinion in any desired position, so as to retain the Vi-. bratingpartition at any desired elevation.

Any suitable mechanism connected with the spiked cylinder may beemployed to communicate the vibrating motion to the vibrating partition.Ihave illustrated two pivoted links, K and L, one pivoted to a crank-armupon the spiked cylinder, and the other to the vibrating partition whichare well adapted to the purpose.

The links K and L, and arm G, and rack and pinion may be located eitherinside or outside of the hopper; butI prefer to arrange them inside ofit and close to either side.

From this description it will be understood that rotary motioncommunicated in the ordinary way to the spiked cylinder in the direction of the arrow will cause the vertical par tition to vibrate towardand from the cylinder. The effect of such motion is to prevent thecotton from lumping or packing and obstructing the feed at the lower endof the partition. The vibration will keep it shaken up, so that it willpass into the section of the hopper con iaining the spiked cylinder, andit will, also, on account of the partition being pivoted in the middle,beat it over at the top of the hopper, so as to tend to make it rollback from the top and go down under the bottom of the partition.

The vibrating partition may be curved, as illustrated in the drawing, orit may be straight. It may also be slotted, or provided with fin.- gersat the lower end, if desired.

As feeders for cotton-gins are well knownl have not illustrated the ginmechanism, but simply so much of the feeding mechanism as is necessaryto illustrate my invention,which will be understood by those skilled inthe art in its relation to a cotton-gin without more.

I do not limit my invention to the precise details of constructionillustrated in the drawing; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the UnitedStates, is

1. The combination, with the hopper of a cotton-gin feeder and a spikedfeeding-cylinder, of a vibrating partition, E, pivoted near its middle,and vertically adjustable, substan- 15 tially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The oombinatiomwith the hopper, of the spiked cylinder B, the pivotedarm G, provided with the segmental rack, the pinion, the links K and L,and vibrating partition E, substan- 2o tially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

GEORGE WINSHIP. Witnesses:

MARCUS S. HOPKINS, W. G. DUVALL.

